A tale of high adventure and survival!
In the early twentieth century, Russo-Japanese War veteran Saichi
Sugimoto searches the wilderness of Hokkaido for a hoard of hidden gold.
With only a cryptic map and a native Ainu girl to help him, Saichi must
also deal with every murderous cutthroat, bandit and rogue who knows
about the treasure!
If the hidden Ainu gold can ever be found, will it be worth the price
paid for it in lives lost and ruined? Who really murdered the Ainu for
their treasure? With Kiroranke dead, Ogata may have some answers, but
after the confrontation on the ice of the Mamiya Strait he needs medical
attention. The lure of the gold still calls to Hijikata and his men, and
Tsurumi and the rogue soldiers of the 7th Division are far from giving
up--if they can't get their hands on Sugimoto and Asirpa, they'll tear
each other apart instead!